Wheatstone Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 21
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 2

Wheatstone Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wheatstone family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Coal Miner 2
Carpenter 2
Servant 1
Domestic Servant 1
Annuitant 1
School Master 1
Fitter And T 1
Carpenters Widow 1
Dress Maker 1
Grocer's Assistant 1
Police Sargeant Borough 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Barmaid 1
Farm Bailiff Of 160 Acres Employing 3 Men 1 Boy 1
Farmer 1
Grocer Apprentice 1
Ladys Maid Domestic Servant 1
Miller And Farmer Of 35 Acres 1
Master 1
Mate 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wheatstone

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wheatstone 29
William Wheatstone 24
George Wheatstone 22
Charles Wheatstone 17
Sarah Wheatstone 17
Emily Wheatstone 12
John Wheatstone 10
Joseph Wheatstone 10
James Wheatstone 9
Lucy Wheatstone 9
Elizabeth Wheatstone 8
Enoch Wheatstone 7
Albert Wheatstone 6
Clara Wheatstone 6
Emma Wheatstone 6
Ernest Wheatstone 6
Margaret Wheatstone 6
Ada Wheatstone 5
Beatrice Wheatstone 5
Henry Wheatstone 5
Jane Wheatstone 5
Richard Wheatstone 5
Ethel Wheatstone 4
Frederick Wheatstone 4
Julia Wheatstone 4

Wheatstone Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whetstone 90% 1,885
2 Whitstone 80% 381
3 Wheatstone 100% 353
4 Whitestone 70% 189

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The surname Wheatstone is the 3rd most popular variant of Whetstone.

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